A young man was about to go to the office when he received a phone call from a nurse who told him his father was injured and in hospital. So he _________ to the hospital by taxi. He had gone into the hospital when he found he _________ his cell phone in the taxi. What’s _________, he had forgotten to ask the nurse which ward his father was in. He had to run hurriedly around in the hospital _________ his father. Seeing a nurse, he asked her with _________, “My father is in hospital. He...”

The nurse _________, “Oh, my God. It’s you. Come with me!” She _________ the young man to the bed side of an elderly man. “Your son is here,” she _________ to the elderly patient several times. The old man was too weak to stay awake, only to look _________ at the young man standing beside him.

Throughout the night the young man __________ after the old man, holding the old man’s hand and offering him words of love and strength. The dying old man said nothing. The nurse__________ the young rest for a while but he __________ her advice.

Sunrise __________, the old man peacefully died. The young man placed the lifeless hand on the bed and informed the nurse. After the nurse did what was __________, she just found the young man had left, leaving a letter __________ “Thank you, lady! My father is fine. I knew right away the old man was not my father. But I also knew he needed his son, and his son just wasn’t here. So, I stayed.”

When I first heard from my doctor that I was allergic to hay (干草), it weighed pretty heavily on my mind.

I grew up _________ around big open fields and playing with the animals on my friend’s farm. There were no limits set on me as a child.

After I _________ about my allergy, I felt that a kind of _________ had been placed on me. I could never get a rabbit or a pig, since hay is the main component of their diets. I remember that _________ feeling in my stomach when I realized I was so seriously allergic to something that I’d always need to keep the pill within _________.

Disappointment at this _________ was the first feeling that sunk in. With time, _________, I began to see my allergies as a gift.

I was the kid that tried never to _________. I was okay with enduring a six-hour drive in a(n) _________ car with my knees to my chest. I was okay with eating burnt or under cooked food. But this allergy finally let me feel __________ saying “no”. I finally felt free to refuse to go places or do things where my allergies would act up. I didn’t have to apologize for or explain my __________ at the smell of grass clippings. I didn’t have to __________ myself for not wanting to sit on the grass with my friends on summer days while I got bitten.

Yes, my hay allergy __________ some activities, but it’s also given me a broader appreciation for experiences I actually like and want more of. I’m __________ to be getting a dog instead of a bunny. Let’s be honest, a bunny brings you more trouble.

I ought to thank this allergy for giving me the space to be __________.